Bill Text: NY A09572 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to prepare an annual course of study of the history of the American flag to encourage participation therein by students and faculty and indicate that the pledge is taken in recognition of the sacrifices made by the men and women of the armed forces of the United States in defense of our country.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-16 - referred to education [A09572 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09572-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9572
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LATIMER, GABRYSZAK, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. CERETTO, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred  to  the
         Committee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the pledge of alle-
         giance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  802 of the education law, as
    2  amended by chapter 601 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to prepare, for the use of
    5  the public schools of the state, a program providing for a salute to the
    6  flag  and  a  daily pledge of allegiance to the flag, and instruction in
    7  its correct use and display which shall include, as a minimum,  specific
    8  instruction regarding respect for the flag of the United States of Amer-
    9  ica,  its  display and use as provided by federal statute and regulation
   10  and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by him to be expedi-
   11  ent, under such regulations and instructions as may best meet the varied
   12  requirements of the different grades  in  such  schools.  However,  such
   13  instruction  shall include, as a minimum, the provisions of sections one
   14  hundred seventy through one hundred seventy-seven of title thirty-six of
   15  the United States Code.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PREPARE, AS PART OF
   16  SUCH PROGRAM, WHICH MAY BE USED BY SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, AN ANNUAL  COURSE
   17  OF  STUDY  OF  THE  HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG THAT ENCOURAGES PARTIC-
   18  IPATION IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY STUDENTS  AND  FACULTY  AND  THAT
   19  INDICATES  THAT  THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS TAKEN IN RECOGNITION OF THE
   20  SACRIFICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED  FORCES
   21  OF THE UNITED STATES IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY.
   22    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on September 1, 2012; provided that
   23  the commissioner of education is  authorized  to  promulgate  any  rules
   24  necessary to implement this act on or before its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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